Not my choice of covert operations, but a necessary one in order to report back to my dad that night at dinner.
We got there fast, too. The bell rang and we basically charged off campus because I figured if we got to the Bakers’ quick enough,
we could look and leave before Juli was anywhere near her house.
We didn’t even drop off our backpacks. We went straight down the alley and started spying.
It’s not really necessary to look over the Bakers’ fence. You can see almost as well looking through it.
But Garrett kept sticking his head up, so I figured I should too, although in the back of my mind
I was aware that Garrett didn’t have to live in this neighborhood – I did.
The backyard was a mess. Big surprise. The bushes were out of control,
there was some kind of hodgepodge wood-and-wire coop off to one side, and the yard wasn’t grass, it was highly fertilized dirt.
Garrett was the first to notice their dog, sacked out on the patio between two sorry-looking folding chairs.
He points at him and says, “You think he’s going to give us trouble?”
“We’re not going to be here long enough to get in trouble! Where are those stupid chickens?”
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